Bale-tie



(N o Model.)

J. W. GRISWOLD.

BALE TIE.

No. 420,497. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

WITNESSES: l/Vl/EIVTOH MW MW? 91/ W I A TTOIM EY UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN WOOL GRISWVOLD, OF TROY, NEWV YORK.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,497, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed April 16, 1889. Serial No. 307,456. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WooL GRIswoLD, of Troy, New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Bale-Ties, of which the following is aspecification. M

My inventionrelates to a new form of tiesuch as is used for fasteningthe ends of the Wire bands now commonly used upon haybales, &c.; and itconsists in the construction of the tie, as hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedtie. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 a section on the lineX X of Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. i V

A represents one end of the wire band to be fastened, and B the otherend. On the end B is formed a loop 0 by twisting in the usual way.

D is a hook made of a plate of wrought, struck, or malleable iron, whichis folded or doubled over the part A of the band. The inner faces of theprotruding parts of the plate are brought into close contact. The outerlongitudinal edges of the plate coincide and are beveled or inclinedtoward the end of the band, as shown at E. The transverse edges of saidplate also coincide, and are beveled or inclined to form an acute anglewith the band, as shown at F. This angular portion of the hook forms theshoulder over which the loop 0 engages. A portion G of the Wire Aprojects beyond the hook. When the loop is engaged with the hook, thisend portion G of the band rests and has a bearing upon the strandforming the loop, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I am aware that it is not new to apply a folded-over piece of metalforming a hook to one part of a closed loop produced at the end of awire band, and this construction I do not herein claim.

I claim- The combination, in a tie or fastening for wire bands, of theloop or eye 0 upon one of the parts to be connected, and the hook D ofWrought, struck, or malleable metal upon the opposite part, the said eyeengaging with the shoulder F of the hook and the extremity G of the wireto which the hook is applied resting and having abearing upon the wireforming the loop, substantially as described.

' JNO. WOOL GRISWVOLD.

Witnesses:

DAVID Cownn, J 1:, JAMES A. HIsLoP.

